Oddly, this episode opens with Jon Snow (Kit Harington) packing to leave Castle Black, even though last episode we saw him leaving the Night’s Watch in a dramatic exit. It seems producers thought twice about letting...

If you thought Season 5 was crawling along, the events of “Mother’s Mercy” more than made up for it. Like any true Game of Thrones finale, this one was jam-packed with...

“Why should the people trust a queen who can’t keep her promises?” -- Daenerys Targaryen. At the show’s start, Queen Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) reminds Ser Jorah (Iain Glen) of her promise to kill him should he...

“All rulers are either butchers or meat” -- Daario Naharis. Fasten your seat belts because things just shifted into high gear with the season’s strongest episode thus far. Perhaps the biggest, most gratifying...

“No, a girl is not ready to become no one, but she is ready to become someone else” -- Jaqen H'ghar to Arya Stark. After a mildly unimpressive prior episode, it was entertaining to see several new and enticing...

"Nothing is more hateful than failing to protect the one you love" -- Brienne of Tarth. That is the inner struggle that torments brown-haired Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) as she makes her way home to a slightly...

An appropriate theme for Game of Thrones’ fourth season was Valar Morghulis, the High Valyrian saying for “All Men Must Die.” The season certainly lived up to its name: The sadistic King Joffrey Baratheon was...

“The future is sh—t. Just like the past,” Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) tells fellow fugitive Varys (Conleth Hill), after they’ve crossed the Narrow Sea early on in the season five premiere of Game of...